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Aaron Sorkin

April 2024

  • Supporters of Donald Trump storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

    Aaron Sorkin to write film about January 6 and Facebook disinformation

    The Social Network screenwriter is returning to digital chaos for a new film about how ‘divisive material’ led to the 2021 insurrection

October 2023

  • Matthew Perry as Mike Kresteva in The Good Wife.

    ‘Exceptionally brave’: why Matthew Perry’s finest acting wasn’t as bungling Chandler Bing

    From Studio 60 to The Good Wife, the star’s post-Friends career rings with deep, dark and astonishing performances – be they haunted comics or snake-like villains

April 2022

  • Rafe Spall, right, as Atticus Finch, with Gwyneth Keyworth (Scout Finch), Harry Redding (Jem Finch) and David Moorst (Dill Harris) in To Kill a Mockingbird.

    The week in theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Mozart Question; Clybourne Park – review

    Rafe Spall is a fine Atticus in Aaron Sorkin’s somewhat awkward spin on Harper Lee; Jessica Daniels steers a sublime adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s tale; and Bruce Norris’s racial satire is snappily revived

March 2022

  • Impassioned and dynamic … Rafe Spall as Atticus Finch, with Poppy Lee Friar as Mayella Ewell, in To Kill a Mockingbird.

    To Kill a Mockingbird review – Harper Lee would approve of snappy Sorkin update

    Rafe Spall is a dignified Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s smooth and confident adaptation, which finds modern-day resonances in the 1960 classic about racial injustice in the American south
  • Aaron Sorkin at the Gielgud theatre, London, March 2022.

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Aaron Sorkin: ‘Screenwriters write about people who are cooler than we are’

    The American writer known for The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network on adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage in the 21st century
  • To Kill a Mockingbird.

    Court is in session: To Kill a Mockingbird in the West End – in pictures

    Rafe Spall stars as small-town Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed adaptation of the classic novel by Harper Lee

December 2021

  • Clockwise from top: An Hour and a Half Late, Maria Bamford, Jamali Maddix, Jody Comer, star of Prima Facie.

    2022 culture preview
    Theatre, dance and comedy to book in 2022 – from Alan Partridge to Tennessee Williams

    Amy Adams makes her West End debut, immersive dance confronts mental health and Steve Coogan’s alter ego embarks on a rare live UK tour
  • Javier Bardem

    Javier Bardem: ‘When I won the Oscar, I felt great, but it didn’t make any sense’

    Famed for portraying bad guys in Skyfall and No Country for Old Men, the Spaniard opens up about his marriage to Penélope Cruz, his formidable mum, and his hopes for his kids
    • Being the Ricardos review – Kidman gets serious with Lucille Ball

    • ‘She was very complicated. She was a conundrum’: who was the real Lucille Ball?

    • Being the Ricardos review – Nicole Kidman makes light comedy look like hard work in Lucille Ball biopic

April 2021

  • Composite of some of the contenders for this year’s Oscars

    And the winner should be … Peter Bradshaw’s predictions for the 2021 Oscars

  • Youn Yuh-jung, top right, wins outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for Minari in a screengrab from the Sag awards on 4 April.

    Screen Actors Guild awards 2021: actors of color sweep for first time

March 2021

  • Rafe Spall, seen here in 2019, will play Atticus Finch in the London premiere of To Kill a Mockingbird.

    Rafe Spall to star in West End premiere of To Kill a Mockingbird

    Spall will replace Rhys Ifans as Atticus Finch in production opening at the Gielgud theatre in March 2022
  • Peter Bradshaw

    Comfort food: the Oscars nominations are not nearly as radical as they think they are

    Peter Bradshaw
    David Fincher’s frontrunner Mank is a brilliant but nostalgic choice, while there are no nominations for stunning sexual politics drama The Assistant
    • Baftas 2021: the full list of nominations

    • Golden Globes 2021: a night of fine choices capped by Chloé Zhao making history

      Peter Bradshaw
    • The full list of Golden Globes 2021 winners

February 2021

  • Clockwise from top left: The Undoing; You; The Masked Singer and Made In Chelsea.

    I wish I knew how to quit You: our writers' favourite TV hate-watches

  • bafta 2021 composite Frances McDormand in ©Searchlight Pictures new movie : Nomadland (2020). right, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge in a scene from "One Night in Miami." Amazon Studios via AP Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan in a scene from the film "Promising Young Woman." Netflix shows Sacha Baron Cohen, center left, and Jeremy Strong in a scene from "The Trial of the Chicago 7."

    Ten female directors make 2021 Baftas shortlist

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